Office 2003 and Office 2000 Compatibility

[David]

Are files created with Office 2003 Professional (all
products) compatible in both directions with Office 2000
Professional?

 

[George Hester]

Office 2000 -> Office 2003 ? Should be

Office 2003 -> Office 2000 ? Save as using Office 2003 in Office 2000 format. Then yes.

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi David,

With the exception of Access the file format has not changed since
Office 97. So yes, files created in Office 97 - Office 2003 can be
opened and modified in any version since there isn't a conversion
issue.

Note some features were introduced in later versions so files may
display a little differently when created in a later version but
opened in an earlier version.

As for Access, you can create an Access 2000 file format in Access
2003 and modify it in Access 2000 - Access 2003.

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